frequently asked questions - faq's

To help save you time, please read our comprehensive list of FAQs where we have attempted to answer many of the types of enquiries we receive.

Menus: a la carte; set; lunch, pre-theatre

A la carte menus We regret we are unable to provide menus which change on a regular basis. The websites of all our restaurants contain such information on the food and the price range as we are able to provide:

Chutney Mary: A 3 course meal with wine and service will cost about £85-£90 per head. Please go here for more information.

Veeraswamy: A 3 course meal with wine and service will cost about £85-£90 per head. Please go here for more information.

Amaya: The equivalent of a 3 course meal with wine and service will cost about £85-£90 per head. Please go here for more information.

Garlic free; Onion Free Dishesand Jain dishes Our normal menu does not include garlic-free & onion-free Indian dishes. These can only be made by special request in respect of significant orders.

However unspiced grills or roasts can be made for individual orders placed in advance. To make special request, please click here

Nutritional Information We regret but it is not practical to provide nutritional information on our dishes.

Allergens: Nut-free; Gluten-Free; Lactose Intolerant

Dishes with nuts We regret that we are unable to serve customers with peanut allergy / intolerances at our restaurants. This is because all our dishes can contain traces of nut. We are therefore unable to advise that any dish is nut-free. We cook extensively with nuts. There could be accidental cross-contamination from cooking oils, utensils or nut particles since we do not operate in a surgical environment. We are therefore unable to accept liability as a result of this.

Gluten Free Dishes

All our restaurants have a wide range of Gluten free dishes. These dishes are not identified separately on the menu.

However please inform your server of your requirement and they will be happy to assist you to make your choice and avoid you from ordering any dishes that may contain gluten.

Lactose intolerant dishes All our restaurants have a range of dairy free dishes.

Cookbook The cook book we have is written by Camellia Panjabi - one of our promoter Directors. It is entitled 50 Great Curries of India.

It has sold over 1.25 million copies and is the single bestselling book on Indian food in the world today. It provides illuminating explanations of the philosophy behind the food, descriptions of exotic spices & the intricacies of cooking a curry.

Wheelchair access Veeraswamy can be accessed by the main lift, with one step to traverse. Again the staff will be pleased to assist with prior notice. Access to toilets from the Private Dining Room is up four steps so wheelchair access is limited.

Children

In relation to the fine dining restaurants, there inevitably are greater restrictions, out of consideration to the other guests. High chairs are not available. The following is the policy:

Lunch:Monday to Friday: Children above the age of 6 are allowed; Saturday and Sunday. Saturday & Sunday: Children of all ages allowed but no prams or pushchairs allowed.

Dinner:

Monday to Sunday: Children aged 6 to 10 are welcome for reservations at 6pm & 6.30pm only and must vacate by 8.30pm. In case the children are noisy, in the interests of fellow diners, we will have to request the family to leave at the earliest.

We regret that we are unable to accommodate prams and push chairs in any of our restaurants.

In the interest of other diners, if children are noisy or running around, we will have to stop service and ask the family to leave.

Copy of bill request Under the Data Protection regulations, we are unable to provide such information without verification of the identity of the person requesting matching the card information. Therefore customers will need to provide:

A scanned copy of a signed request from the cardholder under corporate headed paper.

The name of the restaurant, the time of the reservation, the name in which the reservation was made, and the number of persons in the party.

Charity requests

We are inundated with requests of one type or another to support charities – which are equivalent to our making charitable donations.

It is impractical and uneconomic for us to so do on an extensive basis. We already support a number of charities with whom we have a long term relationship. We do not participate in industry-wide collective events.

We are happy to support charities relating to schools close to where our restaurants are located. If you fall in this category please contact us.

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Photography at our restaurants

Photography and video is strictly prohibited within our fine dining restaurants to avoid any inconvenience and an invasion of privacy for our guests.